Necktie.



No. 783,728. PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905.

H. A. MARKEL.

NEGKTIB.

APPLIOATIO N FILED JULY 23,1904.

rvrrn STATES Patented February 28, 1905.

PENT rrilcn,

HENRY A. MARKEL, OF EAST LIVERPOOL, OHM).

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,728, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed July 28, 1904. Serial No. 217,817.

To all whmn, it may concern:

Be it known that l, Hnnnv A. MARK'nL, a citizen of the United-States, residing in East Liverpool, in the county of Columbiana, and in the State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Neckties, of which the following is a lucid specification, which is sufficiently clear and concise as to enable others skilled in the art to which it relates to make and use the same.

My present invention, broadly speaking, has reference to a new article of manufacture to be made of textile, librous, or other material to be worn as a personal article of adornment or attraction or for the exploitation or advertiselnent of an article or person and is particularly intended to be worn in connection with a turn-down collar.

The object of my invention is to provide a new article of manufacture which can be made and sold at a comparatively low price to be employed as a necktie and which will be neat and attractive in appearance.

Another object is to provide a necktie which can be worn in connection with turndown collars for the purpose of adornment or for advertising purposes.

Another object is to provide a necktie on or to the face of which may be superimposed the picture or caricature of a candidate or other emblematical devices, whereby the invention may be used for campaign or other purposes.

The invention is preferably to be made of a'single integral piece of materialsuch as cardboard, linen,or other fabric or celluloidand may, if dr-rsired, be covered or faced with silk or other material to give it an esthetic appearance, and the contour may be variously changed to meet various conditions or dcsiderata.

This invention consists in the features of construction, the combination of elements, and in the principles and theadaptation which will be hereinafter fully set forth and in the several novel features which will be correlated in the claims hereunto appended.

The accompanying drawin 9's furnish a visualization of the preferred manner of adaption of my invention, in which Figure 1 shows a front elevation of an apparel-collar, showing my invention in connection therewith with a minimum exposure thereof. Fig. 2 shows a front elevation of an a1:)parel-collar, showing my invention in connection therewith with a maximum exposure thereof. Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view of my entire device flattened out.

Similar indices refer to and denote like parts throughout the several views of the d raw i ngs.

For a fuller comprehension of the invention I will now take up a detail description thereof and will refer to the various parts and the mode of application as briefly and compactly as I may.

In the drawings the letter A denotes an apparel-collar having the usual outer turn-down portion, with its ends a and a spaced some distance apart, secured in their s 'iacedapart position by the usual collar-button passing through the ends of the collar band and through the shirt-band'.

My invention consists, essentially, of the body or apron portion 1, having a relatively straight horizontal upper edge 2, with its side and lower edges extending downward and convex-gently to the common center point 3, which latter should be near the corners of the ends a a.

The numeral i denotes the band of my invention, which band is of substantially the same length as is the upper edge of the apron .1. Near the centers horizontally the band 1 and the apron l are intricately connected by the ligament 5, which should be of the same width as is the space between the upper ter mini of the edges of the cudsaa. lnthccenter of the band atis formed a buttonhole o.

The invention being formed of a flexible material in substantially the contour shown in Fig. 3, it may be covcrcduvith other material, or it may have printed or otherwise superimposed thereon a picture or other device, (denoted by the space represented by the character Also on the face of the apron 1, on either side of the space 15, there may be printed or otherwise formed emblems or devices located substantially as are the dotted circular lines X and l.

The collar A may first be positioned and its ends secured by the ordinary collar-button in the usual manner, after which the band a is turned back, doubling the ligament 5, so that the band 4 will lay flat against the back of the apron 1. The buttonhole 6 is then placed around the collar-button either in front or in the rear of the overlapping ends of the collar, whereby the invention is secured. The ends of the band 4 are then inserted between the band and the turn-down portion of the collar, whereby the apron 1 will be fully exposed, as in Fig. 2, or the ends of the apron 1 may also be inserted between the band and the turndown portion of the collar, as in Fig. 1.

From the above it will be apparent that my invention may be worn in a variety of ways. As in Fig. 1, the device may be plain white, as the collar, or, as in Fig. 1, the device having a picture or emblem located as the oval or, as in Fig. 2, with pictures, devices, or both, located in the spaces represented by X, and l.

From the above description, when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be apparent that I have produced a new article of manufacture in a necktie embodying the objects otherwise referred to in this specification.

Vhile 1 have shown and described the best means now known to me for carrying out the objects of my invention in a practical manner, I desire it to be understood that I do not restrict myself to the exact details of construction shown and described, but hold that any changes or variations therein as would suggest themselves to the ordinary mechanic would clearly fall within the limits and scope of my invention.

Having now fully shown and described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A necktie formed of a single sheet of material folded upon itself forming a band and parel-collar, a flat exposable front portion, a

band portion, a ligament connecting the aforesaid portions in the center, means for attaching the band portion in the center to a collarbutton, and means for disposing the ends of the front portion and of the band portion between the front and inner portions of the collar, all substantially as shown and described.

3. A necktie formed of a single sheet of material consisting of a band securable by a collar-button and adapted to be disposed between the collar-band and the turn-down portion of the collar, and an apron portion depending by a ligament from the band and adapted to be exposed, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY A. MARKEL.

\Vitnesses:

C. U. (Jonson, L. CARMAN. 

